balcony
/ˈbælkəni/ noun A2- An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
- An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
Plural balconies
From the library
I have told you that the corridor is broken by the balcony which runs round the hall, but that it is resumed upon the farther side.
When I came round the balcony he had reached the end of the farther corridor, and I could see from the glimmer of light through an open door that he had entered one of the rooms.
The apartment destined for the purpose was spacious and lighted by a number of windows, over each of which was written in golden letters for some inexplicable reason the name of one of the principal cities of France; beneath these windows a wooden balcony extended the entire length of the house.
And although the entertainment was fixed for twelve o’clock, an hour previous to that time the balcony was filled with impatient and expectant guests, consisting of the favored part of the crew of the Pharaon, and other personal friends of the bridegroom, the whole of whom had arrayed themselves in their choicest costumes, in order to do greater honor to the occasion.
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